Pindar Passage (Grays Inn Road)

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The former Pindar of Wakefield. The passage was 'behind' it. probably meaning on the east side

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|The former Pindar of Wakefield seen from the air. The passage was 'behind' it. probably meaning on the east side / Google Earth Street View.]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-16. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-04-05.

The Pindar of Wakefield, a pub on Grays Inn Road, was in existence at least as early as 1692. An alley behind it is referred to in the 1791 record cited below and named in that dated 1822. It is listed in Lockie's Topography (1810) as "Pindar - Passage, Gray's-Inn-Lane,—8 doors S. of Britannia-st."

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Gazetteers

• Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.

Sources

• Lockie, John, compil. Lockie's Topography of London, Giving a Concise Local Description of and Accurate Direction to Every Square, Street, Lane, Court, Dock, Wharf, Inn, Public Office, &c. in the Metropolis and its Environs (London, 1810), s.n. Pindar-Passage
  • Lockie, John, compil. Lockie's Topography of London, Giving a Concise Local Description of, and Accurate Direction to, Every Square, Street, Lane, Court, Dock, Wharf, Inn, Public Office, &c. in the Metropolis and its Environs. Second Edition (London, 1813), s.n. Pindar-Passage.

Maps

• 25" O.S. map London XXVI (1877; surveyed 1871)
• 25" O.S. map London sheet V.6 (1916; rev. 1913)
• 6" O.S. map Middlesex XVII (1880-82; surveyed 1868-73)
• 6" O.S. map London VII.NW (1894-96; rev. 1893-94)
• 6" O.S. map London sheet K (1920; rev. 1913-14)
• 6" O.S. map London sheet K (c. 1946; rev. 1938).

Background

• Wikipedia: Gray's Inn Road.

Notes